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Goats, Cedar, and the Sixth Principle of Soil Health: A Lesson from Clinton Rasmusson
By: the Growing Resilience Team I’ve long been a champion of the five principles of soil health — things like keeping the soil covered, minimizing disturbance, maintaining living roots, promoting diversity, and integrating livestock. These ideas have shaped my work and my conversations with farmers across the country. But it wasn’t until I interviewed Clinton Rasmusson out in White River, South Dakota, that the sixth principle — context — really hit home for me. Context means
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Rooted in the Prairie: How Kate Rasmussen is Building a Future for Grasslands through Collaborative Conservation
By: Buz Kloot The prairie does not demand attention. It whispers, it hums, it endures. But to those who know it well, who grew up...
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Meet Johnathon Neuharth: The Young Rancher Leading Grassland Restoration in South Dakota
By: Buz Kloot In the heart of South Dakota, where the wide-open spaces of the Great Plains meet the horizon, Johnathon Neuharth is not...
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